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- Amnér, Gunilla, et al.
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Dilemman vi lever
- 2018
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Ingår i: Pedagogiska dilemman: Proceedings från Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternas pedagogiska inspirationskonferens 2016. - 9789188473158 ; 2016, s. 15-28
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)
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- Cronhjort, Mikael, PhD, 1965-, et al.
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Efforts to improve attractiveness of lower level engineering education (concept)
- 2022
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Ingår i: SEFI 2022 - 50th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Proceedings. - Barcelona : Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ; , s. 1104-1112
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- There are nine study programmes awarding the degree bachelor in engineering (högskoleingenjör) at the University of Gävle. Some of these have only a few applicants, even though the graduates are appreciated by a relatively large regional primary and secondary sector industry. A major revision of the programmes is planned. One objective is to increase the attractiveness of the programmes. In the revised programmes, students are proposed to study most courses together during the first year of study, even if they belong to different engineering specializations. This is intended to improve the study environment. Students in programmes with low numbers of applicants will become part of a richer and livelier student collective. However, the attractiveness could further be problematized by asking to whom higher education is attractive. A special focus will be on increasing the admission of students from groups in society that have been underrepresented in higher education. More specifically this may be linked to individual factors such as the educational level of parents, family income, immigrational background and geography. There may also be societal explanations in traditions of gendered professions. Engineering programmes, and especially some of the specializations at the university, are dominated by male students. This study focuses on how universities can take action to further increase the attractiveness of the engineering programmes, with a special regard to groups that are known to be underrepresented among the students.
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- Dahlström, Ulf, 1946-, et al.
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Hjärtsvikt hos äldre
- 2001
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Ingår i: Nordisk geriatrik. - 1403-2082. ; 1, s. 30-36
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Engström, Maria, et al.
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Nursing students' perceptions of using the Clinical Education Assessment tool AssCE and their overall perceptions of the clinical learning environment : a cross-sectional correlational study
- 2017
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Ingår i: Nurse Education Today. - : Elsevier BV. - 0260-6917 .- 1532-2793. ; 51, s. 63-67
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundClinical education is a vital part of nursing students' learning; the importance of assessment tools and feedback in stimulating student learning has been stressed, but this needs to be studied in more detail.ObjectivesTo examine relationships between nursing students' perceptions of using an Assessment tool in Clinical Education (AssCE) during their mid-course discussion and final assessment, the content discussed during these meetings between the student, preceptor and nurse teacher and the students' overall perception of the clinical learning environment.DesignA cross-sectional, correlational design was used.Setting and ParticipantsA convenience sample of 110 nursing students from one Norwegian university college with two campuses.MethodsData were collected with self-developed questionnaires and analysed using logistic regression with SPSS and the PROCESS macro for mediation analysis.ResultsThere was a positive relationship between nursing students' perceptions of using the assessment tool AssCE and their overall perception of the clinical learning environment. This relationship was, in turn, mediated by the content discussed during the formative mid-course discussion and summative final assessment.ConclusionsOur conclusion is that the assessment tool AssCE supported students' clinical learning and that this relationship, in turn, was mediated by the degree to which the conversation during the assessment meeting focused on the student's knowledge, skills and professional judgement.
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- Engström, Maria, et al.
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Staff assessment of structural empowerment and ability to work according to evidence-based practice in mental health care
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Management. - : Hindawi Limited. - 0966-0429 .- 1365-2834. ; 23:6, s. 765-774
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: To study associations between staff members' self-rated structural empowerment in mental health care, organisational type, and the ability and willingness to work according to evidence-based practice.Method: Questionnaire data were collected from 253 mental health staff members.Result: Multivariate logistic regressions analyses revealed that participants who scored higher on opportunity (OR 2.5) and were employed by the county council (OR 1.9) vs. the municipality were more likely to report high evidence-based practice ability. A generalised estimating equation taking into account unknown correlations within units found opportunity and resources to be significant predictors of evidence-based practice ability. Regarding evidence-based willingness, increased odds were found for higher scores of opportunity (OR 2.2) and being employed by the county council (OR 2.9). The generalised estimating equation also found resources to be a significant predictor of evidence-based willingness. In both organisations, the values for empowerment were moderate.Conclusion: Structural conditions such as access to opportunities and resources are important for creating supporting structures for practice to be evidence-based. Implications for nursing management: Our results emphasise the managers' essential role in creating empowering structures, and especially access to opportunities and resources, for their staff to carry out evidence-based practice.
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- Engström, Maria, et al.
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What relationships can be found between nurses' working life and turnover? - A mixed-methods approach
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Management. - : Wiley. - 0966-0429 .- 1365-2834. ; 30:1, s. 288-297
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: to describe why registered nurses decide to leave their work and to investigate relationships between registered nurses' working life and turnover (leaving the unit versus the profession).BACKGROUND: Much research has explored nurses' intention to leave, while less research has looked at turnover and especially leaving the profession.METHODS: Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews.RESULTS: The three most common reasons for both groups (leaving the profession, n=40; leaving unit but not profession, n=256) were high workload, low salary and applied for and got a new job. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed statistically significant relationships between turnover and empowering structures, such as access to resources and informal power as well as the factor learning in thriving.CONCLUSIONS: Structural empowerment, such as good access to resources and informal power, is important to keeping nurses in the profession, while learning seems to increase the risk of leaving the profession when variables such as vitality, resources, informal power and age are held constant.IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: To counteract nurses leaving the profession, managers must provide nurses with good access to resources, informal power, such as networks within and outside the organization, and focus on nurses' vitality.
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- Florin, Jan, 1956-, et al.
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Attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention : a psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the APuP instrument
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Wound Journal. - : Wiley. - 1742-4801 .- 1742-481X. ; 13:5, s. 655-662
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The primary aim was to conduct a psychometric evaluation of the Attitude towards Pressure ulcer Prevention (APuP) instrument in a Swedish context. A further aim was to describe and compare attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention between registered nurses (RNs), assistant nurses (ANs) and student nurses (SNs). In total, 415 RNs, ANs and SNs responded to the questionnaire. In addition to descriptive and comparative statistics, confirmatory factor analyses were performed. Because of a lack of support for the instrument structure, further explorative and consecutive confirmatory tests were conducted. Overall, positive attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention were identified for all three groups, but SNs reported lower attitude scores on three items and a higher score on one item compared to RNs and ANs. The findings indicated no support in this Swedish sample for the previously reported five-factor model of APuP. Further explorative and confirmative factor analyses indicated that a four-factor model was most interpretable: (i) Priority (five items), (ii) Competence (three items), (iii) Importance (three items) and (iv) Responsibility (two items). The five-factor solution could not be confirmed. Further research is recommended to develop a valid and reliable tool to assess nurses' attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention working across different settings on an international level.
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- Friberg, Ingrid Osika, et al.
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Patients' perceptions and factors affecting dialysis modality decisions
- 2018
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Ingår i: Peritoneal Dialysis International. - : SAGE Publications. - 0896-8608. ; 38:5, s. 334-342
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Home-based dialysis, including peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis (HHD), has been shown to be associated with tower costs and higher health-related quality of life than in-center HD. However, factors influencing the choice of dialysis modality, including gender, are still not well understood. Methods: A questionnaire was sent out to all dialysis patients in the western region of Sweden in order to investigate factors affecting choice of dialysis modality. Logistic regression was used to analyze the data. Results: Patients were more likelyto have home dialysis if they received predialysis information from 3 or more sources and, to a greater extent, perceived the information as comprehensive and of high quality. In addition, patients had a lower likelihood of receiving home dialysis with increasing age and if they lived closer to a dialysis center. Men had in comparison with women a greater likelihood of receiving home dialysis if they lived with a spouse. In-center dialysis patients more often believed that the social interaction and support provided through in-center HD treatment influenced the choice of dialysis modality. Conclusion: This study highlights the need for increased awareness of various factors that influence the choice of dialysis modality and the importance of giving repeated, comprehensive, high-quality information to dialysis and predialysis patients and their relatives. Information and support must be adapted to the needs of individual patients and their relatives if the intention is to improve patients' well-being and the proportion of patients using home dialysis.
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- Gunningberg, Lena, et al.
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Pressure ulcer knowledge of registered nurses, assistant nurses and student nurses : a descriptive, comparative multicentre study in Sweden
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Wound Journal. - : Wiley. - 1742-4801 .- 1742-481X. ; 12:4, s. 462-468
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to describe and compare the knowledge of registered nurses (RNs), assistant nurses (ANs) and student nurses (SNs) about preventing pressure ulcers (PUs). PU prevention behaviours in the clinical practice of RNs and ANs were also explored. A descriptive, comparative multicentre study was performed. Hospital wards and universities from four Swedish county councils participated. In total, 415 participants (RN, AN and SN) completed the Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Assessment Tool. The mean knowledge score for the sample was 58·9%. The highest scores were found in the themes 'nutrition' (83·1%) and 'risk assessment' (75·7%). The lowest scores were found in the themes 'reduction in the amount of pressure and shear' (47·5%) and 'classification and observation' (55·5%). RNs and SNs had higher scores than ANs on 'aetiology and causes'. SNs had higher scores than RNs and ANs on 'nutrition'. It has been concluded that there is a knowledge deficit in PU prevention among nursing staff in Sweden. A major educational campaign needs to be undertaken both in hospital settings and in nursing education.
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